The middle of the sentence or after it states what's happing in the story your reading
Answer:
I haven't ready that in a while, but I do remember that John Smith referred to himself in third person rather than first in order to make other people see him as a true hero instead of conceited, because in all reality he was actually quite full of himself. He also refers to the Native Americans with much mockery. So perhaps you could say that John Smith wanted to achieve a heroic status in society.
Explanation:
C but could possibly be D
I think the narrator believes that the men he is talking about lacked vision to anticipate future problems and courageously deal with the consequences ie they did not actively or proactively deal with life but on the contrary allowed themselves to be victims of circumstance. Re the word "I" I think he means that they did not realize the power they had to change the course of events.
